Larry Harris
Alexandria, Virginia
I used to devour those Lash LaRue comics when I was about 10 or 11. He was quite the silver screen hero too.
During a time when most reel Western cowboys were two-fisted brawlers or experts with six-guns, Alfred “Lash” LaRue uniquely wielded an 18-foot-long bullwhip to take down the bad guys. He also dressed in black when only bad guys wore that color.
During his heyday, 1948-1951, he would show up at small town movie theaters where his pictures were pla

October 2016
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- The First Woman to “Despise” Polygamy
- The Explosion
- John Bozeman’s Legacy
- Frank Hamer’s Recuperation in Pecos
- Legendary Lady of the West
- Struggling for a Dream
- In Frederic Remington’s Aiding a Comrade, what is the name of the holder that carries two of the men’s rifles on the front of their saddles?
- Pancho’s Pension
- Building Your Western Library
- Gambling with Men’s Lives
- A River of Life
- Yellowstone’s Early Explorer
- Virgil’s Sixgun
- Mogollon Rim
- A Formidable Foe
- Road to Destiny
- George Parsons: Tombstone Insider
- The Noble Trickster
- A Holdup for the Ages
- The Storied Hashknife
- What do you have to say about my favorite movie cowboy, Lash LaRue?